Keeping bags out of trees and underfoot where they
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This is the method I use to prepare the plastic bags to be WOVEN on a floor
loom.
It creates a thick-and-thin product which makes an interesting woven rug.
This assembly method is not the best if you're planning to crochet or knit the
plastic
because it creates a very thick finished item. If crochet will be used, I would
recommend
slicing the bags into 1" sections going around the bag and then looping them
together or
cutting a continuous length from a bag and using that.
Click here to visit a site with many
crochet instructions for plastic bags and a different way to process them.

Click
hereto see another way to process the plastic bags which is more suitable
for knitting or crocheting.

Stack handle bags in a pile.
Ten is a good number.

Roll into tube, starting at the bottom

Cut through the middle of all ten bags
leaving one handle at the top of each side

Poke a hole in the fused gusset
at the bottom of one half-bag.

Loop the handle of another piece through
the gusset hole, making a chain.

Keep chaining until you have a small ball.
Once you have looped 100 bags,
you are ready to weave a rug.